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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001571049-15-002848
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150415
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150415
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150415

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KINROSS GOLD CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000701818
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				650430083
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13382
		FILM NUMBER:		15772334

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 YORK STREET
		STREET 2:		17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J 2V5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8013639152

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 YORK STREET
		STREET 2:		17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J 2V5

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PLEXUS RESOURCES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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COMMISSION</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">FORM 6-K</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">For the month of April, 2015</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION</P>

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whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40F:</P>

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40-F&#9746;</P>

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101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.</P>

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if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):&#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant
foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated,
domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's &quot;home country&quot;), or under the rules of the home country exchange on
which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to
be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the
subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.</P>

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whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">This report on Form 6-K is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing a copy of the press release dated
April 15, 2015 in which Kinross Gold Corporation announced the date for release of its financial statements and operating results
for the first quarter 2015.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">99.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">Press Release dated April 15, 2015</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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Ontario, April 15, 2015 </B>- Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K; NYSE:KGC) plans to release its financial statements and operating results
for the first quarter 2015 on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, after market close. On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 7:45 a.m. ET Kinross will
hold a conference call and audio webcast to discuss the results, followed by a question-and-answer session. The call-in numbers
are as follows:</FONT></DIV>

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a listen-only basis via webcast at our website <U>www.kinross.com</U>. The audio webcast will be archived on <U>www.kinross.com</U>.&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Kinross&rsquo; Annual and Special Shareholders
Meeting will also be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. ET at the Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. A live audio webcast (listen-only mode) of the Annual and Special Meeting will be available at <U>www.kinross.com
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Shareholders may also receive a copy of Kinross&rsquo; audited financial statements without charge upon request to Kinross Gold&rsquo;s
Investor Relations Department, 25 York Street, 17th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2V5 or to <U>info@kinross.com</U>.</P>

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